Health / Life Sciences

AMIT RASTOGI

PRESIDENT & CEO, JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER, JUPITER

The first physician leader of Jupiter Medical Center, Dr. Rastogi has served as president and CEO since 2019. JMC is the region’s only independent, not-for-profit health care system, with specialty centers of excellence in comprehensive cancer care, cardiovascular care, orthopedics, neurosciences, urology, and women’s and children’s services. The health system employs more than 2,500 dedicated team members, oversees 400 volunteers and has over 750 affiliated physicians to care for nearly 400,000 patients annually.

EDUCATION: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (MD), Harvard University (MS)

FIRST JOB: Working the breakfast shift at McDonalds.

DREAM ALTERNATE CAREER: Bollywood actor

MENTEE IMPACT: Mentored a practicing physician during their first administrative role. It was fulfilling to see them succeed at a new juncture in their career.

SOMETHING SURPRISING:
I wake up at 3:30 a.m. daily.

HOBBY: Truly enjoy golf. The camaraderie/social aspect of the sport and being outdoors are truly amazing.

INDUSTRY TREND: The health care industry, like all industries, is faced with tremendous opportunities presented by artificial intelligence. At Jupiter Medical Center, we have implemented tools like VizAi for stroke care, Optellum, a system that assists in the early detection and diagnosis of lung cancer, and the da Vinci 5, which features an AI platform. The benefits for physicians and patients are clear: We can enhance accuracy and precision by integrating AI tools into our patient-centered care approach. The result is improved quality of care and a superior overall patient experience.

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